Hand-drawn maps produced by a teacher who died of kidney cancer in 2010 go on sale for charity.

A collection of hand-drawn maps created by teacher and folk musician, Bob Hattersley, who died in 2010, are going on sale to raise money for charity.

Mr Hattersley, a former geography teacher at Hummersknott School in Darlington, was diagnosed with cancer of the kidney in 2010.

As a member of local folk band Fourum, which formed in the 1970s, Mr Hattersley and fellow band member Allen Miller researched a number of local characters and events, which Mr Miller turned into songs.

Mr Hattersley would use the research to make maps and document local history in and around the north-east of England.

Mr Hattersley's friend, Jim Jack, said: “Visitors will be riveted by the detail offered as well as marvelling at the skill and patience required to convert history into such an attractive format.”

The maps will be on show in Darlington Library until Saturday. Images courtesy of Jean Hattersley.